Farming. Saturday. Fab. 7,197 C Tobacco (CMhnl *«■ ftp || Be was rsfsrrtag to the fact I** compared to pmtoos that at feast two boyars in oopfy an Anothar apetwaw flatly tayfc* mad a ttard pip* not atatad that “there's not to. A nootral ohawvar of tho <“*«& baying power hsre." iiiwM that talk of Tha words cook! hers boon faOta nrioen corid be an «dd bjr others aa wed, who shout to “shake the rest of madt UmOar remarks, tfaa crap knae.” <** “W rapwaeo- Leat wrone set too on- tattve indicated that fata Ann Undatic, ttahould be note? ™ hq** bacanae .however, that moot reporta their needs have bean met. do not follow that line of Be noted that be hod fane thinking. One man described <"* to seeanranber of far the tobacco attnatkn aa not men to offer SI cents per being “the healthiest" and P<wd and that many of them that’s a statement which *“* declined to seD. “Ooo many would readfly agree *&rtog expenses, tobacco w ith. prices should be Ugher,” be Citing reasons for the acknowledged, “tat when “unhealthy” conditions compared to shelled corn presently experienced by “d what, etc., the tobacco Lancaster County tobacco price Is pretty good.” He was growers, the spokesman referring to significant drops laid: in prices for those crops 1. Purchasers an seeking lower cost areas and have been driven out of this area because of comparatively high production costs. 2. Supplies of barley and fine-cored tobacco an piling up, a factor which is doe, in pvt, to an authorized 10 percent production increase. 3. European countries an not baying modi tobacco now, and with exports down, it’s more and more of a buyer’s market. Exports an reportedly very limited this when figures for 1974 and 1975 an compand. “The year’s tobacco yield is lacking both in quality and quantity,” the farmer - buyer continued. He estimated that cuttings per acre were down by 500 to 700 pounds, on the overage and that the weight of tobacco per lathe tins year is 1% to 1% pounds, compand to weights which normally exceed two pounds. “When tobacco baying started, no one wanted to MB." mmMM oMkwjlMitn^Mani cnp! "M*M«f aSiM > S» martatiabaglnnlnf tocfcaa, Ihay*rs caßtag ms and I*va had to ton than down," tba "SSToS^iiM only “Mmitod qawfltiaa o t tobacco bava ban moving at M canto. Ultra vary dafinttoly hart baao price* offend which art lower than 91 cento," ha confirmed. Bow low? "I bear price* at 90, 96, SI cent* per poand," he answered. “and there are nanon of price* which are even lower than that.” “The top quality tobacco U aa good aa we’ve had in any year,” the man coothmed, "but there’s not much of tt." It haa been aaid by a number of people that the Why sweat out another season with worn out When you tty to make obsolete equipment do for “onc-morc-scason”, you're asking for trouble, like inefficient operation, endless repairs and costly down-time. New equipment takes money, but this need be no problem for you. Farm Credit loans are readily available ... at reasonable rates of interest... with repay- ment scheduled at times most convenient to you. See Farm Credit for financing the equip- ment you need today. tobacco mmfcat la mdfca mgr other martat, and that Ml highly nqiriirilli Ihto year aaams la ha aa an* oapttmMhayarsaadaaßara hagfla oear prices. Boyars data that than are aoma (acton within tbatr markat Om VDKfI uMj Dflfß DO control and they hare to adjnat accardingly. The export aitoatioo la an example. Ihan la aome aospldon among farmer* that talk of price* and fulfilled quotas la a game plan to “shake tobacco loose/’ In any forecast can be made, the safest, according to oar information may ba to say that there’s evidence that this year's average prices will be lower than prices of recent years, and bigring is likely to be a stretched oat affair. machinery? COME IN, LET'S TALK IT OVER! FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL COUNTY OFFICE. EffnKEN TRACTOR CO. IK. 30 EVERGREEN ROAD LEBANON, PA 17042 Lebanon County's Only JOHN DEERE FULL SERVICE DEALERSHIP Phone (717) 273-2616 RECENT TRADE INS 19 INIERNMNNML MO TRACTORS w/SIDE MOD (TIED MOWERS
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